{"id":27525,"date":"2024-04-11T06:31:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27525"},"modified":"2024-04-11T06:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:31:09","slug":"fake-uk-stamps-blamed-on-chinese-made-counterfeits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/04\/11\/fake-uk-stamps-blamed-on-chinese-made-counterfeits\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake UK stamps blamed on Chinese-made counterfeits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fake stamps circulating in the UK are originating from China, a senior MP has told the BBC.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Reports suggest a rise in complaints that stamps bought from legitimate stores are being deemed counterfeit. Anyone who receives a letter with a fake stamp is charged \u00a35 by Royal Mail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith told BBC Breakfast: “China is behind it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We are working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Consumers are being warned to look out for strange perforations around the edge of a stamp, a shine to the surface or the colour looking off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An investigation by the Daily Telegraph found<\/a>\u00a0that four Chinese companies had offered to print up to one million counterfeit stamps a week, with each stamp being sold for as little as 4p each before being sent to the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The fakes have been found for sale on various websites, the paper said, and they were also bought by small retailers who did not realise they were counterfeit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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